Seat cover



J. J. LOESCH SEAT COVER Filed oct. 24. 1921 Patentv Apr. 24, l1923.

" STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

lIIOHN J. LOESCH,

SEAT COVER.

Application led October 24, 1921.- Serial No. 509,902.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, JOHN J. Lonscn, a citizenofthe United States of America, a resident of the-city of St. Louis, inthe State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im.rovements in Seat Covgers, of which the ollowin .is a full, clear, andexact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings,this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in seat covers, the main objectbeing to produce a strong, neat, simple and inexpensive seat coveradapted for the seats of automobiles. y

More specifically stated, an object isto produce a device of this kindhaving a seat member and a back member made of woven fabric, forexample, woven straw matting. The invention lies `in the manner in whichthe seat and back members Iare reinforced and in the means forconnecting the seat member to the back member.

In the preferred form of the invention, the seat and back members aremade of coarse, woven fabric, such as straw matting, and the margins ofeach sheet of fabric are reinforced by a binding strip embracing andsecured to the fabric so as to enclose the marginal edges thereof. Toprovide an extremely simple and inexpensive hinge connection, thebinding strip on the seat member is secured to the binding strip on theback member. These binding strips are preferably made of flexiblematerial and they may be connected together by means of stitches to forma hinge uniting the seat and back members.

ySince the coarse, Woven fabric is relatively weak, especially near itsmargins, the hinge is4 preferably reinforced bymarginal rein forcingstrips, and each sheet of fabric is preferably reinforced byintermediate strips extending from one margin of the sheet to the other,so as to effectively unite the elements of the fabric between saidmargins.

With the foregoing and other'lo'bjects in view, the invention comprisesthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawinwherein is shown the referred ernb iment of the invention. owever, it 1sto be understood that the invention compreforming a part of be as willbe hereafter described,

variations and modifications which come Within the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

F1`g. is a perspective view of a seat cover embodying the features ofthis invention.

Fig. II 1s a top view, onI a larger scale, showing the device as itappears when the back member is folded onto the seat memhends changes,

r. Fig. III is an enlarged section showing -the hinge whereby the backmember is secured.- to the seat member.

To illustrate lone form of the invention, I have vshown a seat A and abackB, each comprising a substantially square sheet of woven strawmatting 1 and a flexible bindmg strip 2 surrounding and embracing all ofthe margins of the sheet 1. Each binding strip 2 maybe a single piece ofexible material, such as imitation leather, with its ends united bystitches 3, shown in Fi' II. Stitches 4 pass throu h both edges o thebinding strip 2 and a so through the interposed matting, so as tosecurely connect the strlp to the four margins of the matting.

vTo form a simple hinge connection, one of the edges ofthe back member Bis placed upon an edge of the seat member A, as shown most clearly inFig. III, and at these adjacent edges the binding strips 2 arepreferably extended beyond the matting and connected together by meansof stitches 5 which pass entirely through the folds at the extendf edortions of the strips. As shown by Fig. II the stitches 5 pass throughfour thicknesses of material, and they are formed longitudinall of theconnected margins thereby secure y uniting the binding strips at thesemargins. The bindin strips are flexible and they cooperate wi't thestrips 5 to form a hinge allowing the back member B to be unfolded froma position on thev seat member A to the'service position shown by dottedlines in Fig. III and by full lines in Fig.` I.

Since the matting is subjected to rather severe strains at the hingeconnection, each sheet of matting ^is provided with a relatively widereinforclng strip 6 arranged parallel with the hinge and overlap ed bythe marginal binding strip 2 at the iinged mar `n. The outer margin ofeach reinforclng strip 6 is secured by the stitches 4, as shown in Fig.III, and the inner margin is securedby stitches 7 which pass through TOEVB KLEAN SEAT PAD CO., O

the matting and also through the strip 6. Each Wide reinforcing strip 6is thus secured to the hinge and also to the matting at points remotefrom the hinge, so the matting is not liable to be torn apart or un-Woven at the hinged margins.

The matting is further reinforced by intermediate reinforcing strips 8parallel with the strips 7. Each sheet of matting is provided with twoof the intermediate strips 8 and the ends of said strips 8 are lapped bythe strip 2 at opposite margins of the sheet. The intermediate strips 8are secured at their ends by the stitches 4 which secure the strip 2,and both longitudinal margins of each strip 8 are secured to the mattingby means of stitches 9. These strips 8 are preferably made of leather,or other strong material, and they very effectivelyunite the Wovenstraws in the matting to prevent separation of the portions of thestraws at the strips 8.

The reinforcing strips 6 and 8 of the seat member are on the bottom facethereof and the corresponding strips of the back member are on the rearface thereof, so these strips do not come in Contact with the clothingof the user of the seat cover.

I claim:

l. A seat cover, comprising a seat member of Woven fabric, a separateback member also made of woven fabric having one edge adjacent to oneedge of the seat member,

relatively wide reinforcing strips secured to the adjacent edges of saidseat and back members, a flexible binding strip surrounding andembracing the marginal edge of each of said members and also embracingthe marginal edges of said reinforcing strips, stitches securing saidbinding strips to said members respectively and the adjacent portions ofsaid binding strips bein extended beyond the Woven fabric at theadjacent edges of said seat and back members, and means securing theextended portions of said binding strips together to forni a hingeuniting said. seat and back members.

2. A seat cover comprising a seat member made of woven fabric, a Hexiblebinding strip surrounding and embracing the margins of said seat member,stitches securing said binding strip to said seat member, a back membermade of woven fabric, a fiexible binding strip surrounding and embracingthe margins of. said back member, stitches securing the last mentionedbinding strip to said back member, one of the edges of said seat memberbeing adjacent to an edge of said back member and the binding stripsbeing extended beyond the Woven fabric at said edges, and stitchespassing through the extended portions of said binding strips to form ahinge uniting said seat and back members. A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aiix my signature.

JOHN J. LOESCH.

